Norsk Ord

Scandinavian Word of the Day

Turist PlakaterThe historic Norwegian travel posters that you see in the slide show below are available for purchase. Makes a great gift or present to yourself! Please contact us about availability ...
Posted Sep 15, 2011, 4:38 PM by Ed Egerdahl

VÅR - the Scandinavian word for Spring, has its roots in the same word used in "Vernal" Equinox - the first day of spring. It means that things are becoming green. As we ...
Posted Mar 2, 2009, 11:03 AM by Ed Egerdahl

Bokmål(lit. "book language") or Dano-Norwegian is the most commonly used of the two official Norwegian standard languages, the other being Nynorsk. Bokmål is used by around 90% of the ...
Posted Aug 21, 2008, 10:47 PM by Ed Egerdahl

BrunostBrunost is a brown Norwegian whey cheese, also popular in Sweden, where it is called mesost. The Norwegian name brunost means 'brown cheese'. In North America it is referred to ...
Posted Aug 19, 2008, 2:54 PM by Ed Egerdahl